Throwback to the time when I was delirious enough to choose my first Krakakoa chocolate to be the 100% cacao Dark Chocolate. I was immediately sold by the “Sugar Free” written on the packaging as I was on a strict diet at that time but really wanted to eat chocolate. Without a single doubt, I bought a bar and took it with me to the rooftop so that I could enjoy a smoke or two while munching on chocolate without having to feel any guilt afterwards. Or, so I thought.
I love how the rich the packaging of the chocolate looked - it was dark brown in color with shiny trails of gold. As I opened the packaging, I was welcomed with a brief, yet understandable, explanation on how the chocolate bar was made. Turns out, Krakakoa is a high quality chocolate made in Indonesia that uses excellent organic cocoa beans that were produced by local farmers. My mind was set to the thought that high quality chocolates can only be produced in foreign countries, like Switzerland and Belgium, but then I stumbled upon Krakakoa and it immediately shifted.
The chocolate bar itself was also beautiful. It wasn’t shaped into squares, or blocks, like how chocolate bars are used to shaped to, but instead, it had engraved pictures of cocoa beans and flowers. It even had a particular part with batik pattern on it! I may be mistaken, though, because the batik pattern also looked a lot like a series of flower.
Little did I know that a 100% dark chocolate didn’t taste like how Milka’s milk chocolate would taste. I took a bite of the dark chocolate bar and it tasted really really sour. After all, it was 100% cocoa. It tasted sour and bitter at the same time, and it took me a few bites to really savor the taste, which I failed miserable in the end. But, on the bright side, now I know how a 100% cocoa chocolate tasted like. I would definitely try a different Krakakoa chocolate bar the next time I get the chance, but this time I won’t be buying the 100% dark chocolate one.
Fun fact! This chocolate is so pure it melted in room temperature. I had melted chocolate on my fingers by just opening the plastic wrap. Mind blowing!
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